Saturday, June 6, 2026

sfizz apt repo for raspberry pi

echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sfztools:/sfizz/Raspbian_12/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:sfztools:sfizz.list
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sfztools:sfizz/Raspbian_12/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home_sfztools_sfizz.gpg > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sfizz

link to sfizz repo incase it gets updated

Friday, June 5, 2026

pi 3 hifi hat i3 config auto assigned workspaces for fluidsynth and renoise


exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace1; exec renoise'
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace2; exec lxterminal -e ~Documents/sf2/fluid.sh'

set cadence to start jack on login so fluidsynth can run properly
jack bridges have alsa to pulse to jack


  # Update software sources
sudo apt-get update

# Install required dependencies if needed
sudo apt-get install gpgv wget

# Download package file
wget https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-debian/+archive/kxstudio/+files/kxstudio-repos_11.2.0_all.deb

# Install it
sudo dpkg -i kxstudio-repos_11.2.0_all.deb
  

Thursday, June 4, 2026

spotpear pcm5122 i2s dac install instructions

spotpears website

my fluidsynth alsa setup with m-vave bt and pico


gnome-terminal -- bash -c '
fluidsynth -C0 -R0 -l -a alsa -m alsa_seq -is -p "FluidSynth-GS" \
-o synth.polyphony=64 \
~/Documents/sf2/GeneralUser-GS.sf2 &

until aconnect -l | grep -q "FluidSynth-GS"; do sleep 0.5; done

aconnect "SINCO" "FluidSynth-GS" 2>/dev/null
aconnect "Pico"  "FluidSynth-GS" 2>/dev/null

wait
exec bash
'

my pico sends msb lsb program changes to switch sounds. the m-vave bt im using with my microkorg to play soundfonts.
this script lets me auto connect everything

wx midi

fluidsynth with rtp midi for raspberry pi